Re: Changing records

Yeah, I know, databases are the "bomb", but I don't have the funds to pay for a host that has databases. I'm working strictly with CGI on the internet, so installing mySQL or other is out of the question. I guess flat files are the only thing for me :-{...

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Re: Re: Changing records by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Apr 03, 2003 at 05:07 UTC
`>I'm working strictly with CGI on the internet` There are Perl modules which will make it easier for you to treat flat text files as if they were databases, including doing SQL-like queries on them. You could check out Tie::File and Tie::CSV_File and DBD::CSV and there's another one I can't remember. -- “Every bit of code is either naturally related to the problem at hand, or else it's an accidental side effect of the fact that you happened to solve the problem using a digital computer.” M-J D	[reply]

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Re: Re: Changing records
by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Apr 03, 2003 at 05:07 UTC

>I'm working strictly with CGI on the internet

There are Perl modules which will make it easier for you to treat flat text files as if they were databases, including doing SQL-like queries on them. You could check out Tie::File and Tie::CSV_File and DBD::CSV and there's another one I can't remember.
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